One of the aspects that has advanced the most in recent years in iPhones are their cameras, offering impressive possibilities and causing, in many cases, that a large number of users choose to leave the traditional camera at home and use only one exclusively your iPhone to take amazing photos. However, if this fails or has problems, something unusual, you have to know the steps to follow to solve it. We will tell you everything in this post.
Are iPhone camera problems common?
As you have read before, it is not very common to meet users who have experienced serious problems with their iPhone camera. Beyond broken lenses, obviously due to accidental blows, it is not very normal for the lenses or the simple process of taking a picture of problems for iPhone users.
Despite this, it may happen that the iPhone presents problems in isolated cases with its camera or one of its lenses, these problems can be very different, but in this post we will propose solutions to all possible scenarios so that, if they occur to you any of these inconveniences, you can solve it quickly and effectively.
What can happen to the camera?
As we have commented previously, the problems that we are going to mention below are not usually common, but they can occur in some units, due to misuse of the device or simply due to external agents to the device.
The problems that can occur to the camera of your iPhone are the following:
- Frozen camera app.
- Black image when taking a picture.
- Blurred image.
- The rear or front camera does not work.
- The camera app does not appear on the iPhone.
These are the most common problems that can occur to your iPhone and its ability to take photos or videos. Next, we go with the different solutions to these problems that you should know and keep in mind in case at any time you need to apply them.
Do this to fix it
Goodbye to covers or accessories
If you have a case, accessory, or film attached to your iPhone that may be blocking the camera or placing a magnet, remove it and verify that the camera still does not work. It is possible that some accessories may block the use of the camera at some point or due to a bad positioning of the accessories.
Cleanliness is always very important
If the problem with your iPhone’s camera is that it looks blurry, try doing a proper cleaning of all its lenses. For this we recommend that you use a microfiber cloth so that none of the lenses suffers any unwanted damage or scratches.
Rule out problems with your application
If you are taking the photograph with the native camera application, try closing the app and opening it again. In case you are using another external application, first, close and reopen said app. If the problem persists, check that it is not a problem with said application, for this we recommend that you try to take a photo with the native app. If you can take a photo with the native app, the problem was in the photography app you were using, the developers may have solved it with a software update, if not, you will have to stop using said app until solve the problems.
Restart the iPhone
If none of the above solutions have had a positive effect on your iPhone’s cameras, it’s time to restart the device. It is possible that the problem that is affecting the camera of your device comes because some process of the operating system has been trapped or frozen, to solve it you just have to turn off the iPhone and turn it on again.
Restore the operating system
If you have come this far, it is because none of the previously proposed solutions has had an effect, therefore, you have to restore the iPhone, that is, reinstall everything from scratch. It may happen that your iPhone software has a bug that is causing you to not be able to take photos and videos with your device, therefore, we have to change this software, for this, you will have to restore the iPhone.
Contact Apple Support
If unfortunately you have not been able to solve your problems with the iPhone camera with any of the proposed solutions, it is time for Apple itself to take charge of offering you a solution to your problems. For this, we recommend that you contact the technical service, you can do it through the Technical Support app or by calling the customer service telephone number which is 900 812 703.
